For me I don’t think anything will ever beat my grandson’s name: Belial. Yes, like the devil.
I have met somebody with the lastname “Unbekannt”. That would mean ‘Unknown’ In English.
Next say you the last name wass
nullAccording to some random website I found there are 14000 people in the US with the last name Null.
Gangolf Eierschmalz.
Gangolf is an absolute death sentence of a first name, but if your last name then also translates to either egg lard or testicle lard…
Jewish Ukrainian maybe ? They were often given weird names on purpose
On purpose? Please elaborate
Latrina
“Lavie” from “c’est la vie”.
I think it is a creative name with a good meaning behind it.
My partner works with children/family events so she’s always coming home with some wild ass names. In the past month, I remember her telling me about a brother and sister duo named “Renaissance” (sis) and “Woodstick” (bro)
Elon Musk’s 7th and 8th offsprings take the cake: X Æ A-Xii (pronounced “X Ash A Twelve”) and Exa Dark Sideræl (nicknamed “Y”). Stupid rich people will do stupid rich people shit because they’re not like the rest of us…
At least Frank Zappa’s kids owned their names.
I think that’s a „nicknamed “Why?”“ in real life.
They’re insulated from the real world.
Indeed. Normally I pity fhe kids whose parents give them stupid names because they have to carry the burden for the rest of their lives. But ultra-billionnaires’ offsprings who are born with a silver spoon in their mouth and zero obligation to work for anything in life don’t exactly elicit sympathy in me.
I once worked with this guy, who now inserts a H between his first and last name, probably because the “joke” has gotten old for him decades ago.
I would have sued my parents in his place.
I don’t understand why anyone would keep a name they hate. Like so much weight was lifted from my heart when I legally changed my name from a stupid ugly mishmash of syllables.
In many countries, it’s difficult and often very costly to change one’s name. I know in France for example, you have to prove in court that it’s a handicap in your daily life, like if your parents gave you a legal first name that resulted in something really egregious when spelled out with your last name.
This makes me wonder what happens if a person with dual citizenship that includes one country that makes name changes hard and one that does not, legally changes their name in the easier one. Do the two countries end up disagreeing over what that person’s name is, or is there some kind of international agreement on recognizing the same names to prevent confusion for law enforcement and such?
I’m from the us and got married in Germany (to a German as a resident, not like a destination wedding). They told us we could change our names differently in the US and Germany would accept them, but they could only do so many options here.
Hating it so much you hide yourself and withdraw from society is not a big enough issue? I hate these laws.
Nothing prevents you from going by any name of your choosing in your daily life without necessarily having your name legally changed. Plenty of trans people do that.
Utah Mormons often give their kids odd names. That’s where “Nevaeh” was invented, too.
McCann. That’s his first name.
He’s one of the nicest kids I’ve ever met but goddamn.
His brothers also have surnames ending in two Ns but they’re somewhat passable as first names.
Everyone I knew in high school that had a kid while still in school named their kid a combination of the mother and father’s name. Kai and Linda had Kailyn. Matt and Jessica had Massica. Jayden and Kaylen had Jaykay.
I thought they were dumb then, and I still think they’re dumb names now.
Worst “Buffy” - I think in the past it was considered a popular nick name for a girl. Best - “Jaxson” - love the way that it’s spelled
“Buffy” was originally a nickname for “Elizabeth”, but then the TV show happened, and Buffy Summers is not an Elizabeth.
In Germany we have strict laws about how we may name our children. So that parents don’t name their kids “Arian Nation” or some shit. That said there is an actress whose name is Wolke (Cloud). She has no idea how her parents managed that one.
Apart from that I guess my Norwegian mother qualifies. Her name is Gerd which in Germany is a male name. We always know that companies have a shitty database when a letter for Mr Gerd arrives.
Huh, Pilvi (Cloud) is a completely valid, if modern, name in Finland. We have pretty strict naming laws here too.
Her name is Gerd which in Germany is a male name.
Gerd as a woman’s name sounds nordically normal. But I still snicker when I hear about someone with “Maria” as a male middle name. Like Rainer Maria Rilke, or Carl Maria von Weber.
Maria is afaik the only traditional woman’s name that any baby in Germany can have as a second name
Yep, it is in french. Except it is Marie but that make very old fashionned name like few century fashion. You can use Marie as the second member of a compound name to make out of trend but still classic french male name : Jean-Marie, Pierre-Marie, François-Marie, etc.
Strict name rules that still allow parents to name their children “Ralf-Rüdiger” or “Ronny-Horst”, both of which are real life examples (Ralf-Rüdiger worked at my company!).
still waiting for a Host-Host or Rüdiger-Rüdiger
Gerd is a normal female name in Norway. Out of fashion atm, but somewhat common among the grand-parent generation.
X Æ A-12
Well, not quite personally though. Does it count that I’ve seen news articles about it?
How do you pronounce that? Symbol by symbol?
“It’s complicated, can we talk about something else”
Dave
“my father is a cringelord”
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/elon-musk-x-baby-name-change-b2381098.html
X Ash A Twelve.
Or X for short
Apparently Kyle according to the guy himself IIRC. I prefer ex-aeon-a-twelve.
Girl in my middle/high school is named “Violence”
One time at the gas station I saw graffiti that said ‘Misty Rain is a slut’ and all I could think was … what did her parents expect with the name like that
Heh. I know a Misty Hyman, who achieved some notoriety as an athlete (swimmer).
It is difficult to say or even think of her name with a straight face.
